Re: Passive-Agressive posting (was Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market)

2009-08-25 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Patrick said: It's kind of like playing with that old Eliza computer program. Anyone remember that? From: Richard Baker r...@theculture.org ] Why do you say anyone remember that?? How do you feel when you read Why do you say anyone remember that??? -- Matt

Passive-Agressive posting (was Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market)

2009-08-18 Thread Jim Sharkey
Doug wrote: Now see, I guess I dont understand what passive-aggressive means because I would think that his confrontational, sometimes sarcastic style has any passivity to it. I see it differently, perhaps. Passive-agressive may not be the right clinical term here, but I find repeated

Re: Passive-Agressive posting (was Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market)

2009-08-18 Thread Patrick Sweeney
It's a put-on. And it's a put-on anyone who's been on the Internet for more than 5 minutes has seen dozens of times. The repetitive I'm just asking questions to try to understand, the feigned cluelessness, the detached pose, the deliberate obtuseness ... it's all carefully calculated to do one

Re: Passive-Agressive posting (was Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market)

2009-08-18 Thread Richard Baker
Patrick said: It's a put-on. And it's a put-on anyone who's been on the Internet for more than 5 minutes has seen dozens of times. The repetitive I'm just asking questions to try to understand, the feigned cluelessness, the detached pose, the deliberate obtuseness ... it's all carefully

Re: Passive-Agressive posting (was Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market)

2009-08-18 Thread Bruce Bostwick
Yeah, Eliza and Parry could be quite entertaining if they talked to each other. Eliza and Racter could be too, but Eliza didn't get to say much in those conversations .. On Aug 18, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Patrick Sweeney wrote: It's kind of like playing with that old Eliza computer program.

Re: Passive-Agressive posting (was Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market)

2009-08-18 Thread Rceeberger
On 8/18/2009 4:22:27 PM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote: Yeah, Eliza and Parry could be quite entertaining if they talked to each other. Eliza and Racter could be too, but Eliza didn't get to say much in those conversations .. On Aug 18, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Patrick

Re: Passive-Agressive posting (was Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market)

2009-08-18 Thread Doug Pensinger
Rob wrote: Bruce wrote: (Type mismatch error: expected boolean value but found string 'cake'. Input not parsed.) The cake is a lie? Apparently the cake is neither true nor false. Doug ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com